Salman Rushdie

Convicted assailant of author Salman Rushdie found guilty of federal terrorism charges

According to evidence presented at his trial, Matar spent more than a year researching the fatwa before deciding to try fulfilling the edict with an attack on Rushdie.

 Defendant Hadi Matar arrives for his trial on charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault dating to an attack on Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, at Chautauqua County Court in Mayville, New York, US February 11, 2025
 Defendant Hadi Matar arrives for his trial on charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault dating to an attack on Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, at Chautauqua County Court in Mayville, New York, US February 11, 2025

Salman Rushdie's attacker found guilty of attempted murder

 Defendant Hadi Matar arrives for his trial on charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault dating to an attack on Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, at Chautauqua County Court in Mayville, New York, US February 11, 2025

Salman Rushdie's attacker says 'free Palestine' before first day of testimony

 Author Salman Rushdie reacts to an audience member's medical emergency during his speech, as he receives the Peace Prize of the German book trade (Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels) during a ceremony at the Church of St. Paul in Frankfurt, Germany, October 22, 2023.

Salman Rushdie: Palestinian state would become 'Taliban-like,' satellite of Iran


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Salman Rushdie, against whom a kill order was issued, was stabbed in the neck over the weekend.

 FILE PHOTO: Author Salman Rushdie arrives for the PEN New England's Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, US September 19, 2016.

Salman Rushdie suspect charged with attempted murder, assault

New York police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, who had bought a pass to the event at the Chautauqua Institution.

 FILE PHOTO: Author Salman Rushdie arrives at the High Court to settle a libel action brought against Ron Evans local media reported, in London August 26, 2008.

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, who bought a pass to the event.

 A New Jersey police officer stands guard near the building where alleged attacker of Salman Rushdie, Hadi Matar, lives in Fairview, New Jersey, US, August 12,

Iranian Oberlin professor urged murder of author Salman Rushdie

Iran’s former ambassador to the UN Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, now of Oberlin College, has now been confronted with an additional allegation about his role in a plot to assassinate Rushdie.

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An expert and unique take on Israel-Iran relations: Dr. Daniel Dana

Dana was born Jamshid Hassani in Tehran on November 22, 1945, into a Shi’ite Muslim family.

 Dana with former IDF general Avigdor Kahalani and a representative of PLIM.

Twitter removes inciting tweet by Iranian leader Ali Khamenei

Twitter hid and then removed a tweet attributed to the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in which he cited an execution order for British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks live on television after casting his ballot in the Iranian presidential election in Tehran June 12, 2009

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The US should not provide welfare to a nation that openly supports the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent people.

PEOPLE BURN a sign depicting a US flag and a picture of US President Donald Trump as they take part in a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, last week. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)

Iran's state-run media outlets renew Salman Rushdie death fatwa

Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial book 'The Satanic Verses,' was the object of a fatwa issued by Iran's then supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.

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Rekindling Rushdie

As the world braces for more outbreaks of Muslim vengeance for perceived religious insults, there are new twists in author Salman Rushdie’s saga.

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Are radical imams redefining freedom of speech?

Those who employ violence should never be allowed to initiate a debate about the limits of free speech.

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